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Landmark study transforms our understanding of meningiomas
Research funded by The Brain Tumour Charity has revealed a new way of classifying meningiomas that can more accurately predict how a tumour will behave and help clinicians identify patients who may benefit from more aggressive treatment earlier. Crucially, researchers have also potentially identified the first-ever drug treatment for most-aggressive forms of meningioma.
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Mum diagnosed with recurrence of teenage brain tumour whilst she was pregnant.
A mum-of-two who was diagnosed with a brain tumour after a holiday in Las Vegas and its recurrence when she was pregnant is fundraising for The Brain Tumour Charity.
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Family live by dad’s life lessons after shock diagnosis and loss.
A family who lost their dad and husband to an aggressive brain tumour just days after diagnosis has shared how his influence lives on through his ‘life lessons’.
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Rishi Sunak supports North Yorkshire family’s Twilight Walk
Andrew and Julie Elsworth’s Twilight Walk on Sunday 3 was especially poignant because Andrew’s only son, and Julie’s stepson, Daniel, passed away only two weeks ago, aged just 35.
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Will you help us speak with One Cancer Voice?
Add your voice to ours by signing the Parliamentary Petition calling for the Government to urgently invest in establishing the UK as a world-beating force in cancer survival and care.
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“My brain tumour was only found after my pancreatic tumour.”
A mum who had been to the GP countless times with excruciating headaches was only diagnosed with a brain tumour after a full body scan following her pancreatic tumour diagnosis.
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Millie’s blog – experiences of growing up with a parent who has a brain tumour diagnosis
Keen to help others, Millie has shared advice and tips for other young people, who may be growing up with a parent who has a brain tumour diagnosis.
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Ain’t no mountain high enough for fundraiser diagnosed with brain tumour
An adventurer who was diagnosed with a brain tumour after first experiencing symptoms whilst climbing a volcano is taking on a mountaineering challenge to fundraise for The Brain Tumour Charity.
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Travel addict not letting childhood brain tumour keep her on the ground.
A travel addict who lives with the ongoing effects of a brain tumour which hemorrhaged when she was a teenager hasn’t let it stop her from enjoying life today.
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‘Positivity helps me to lead a happy life following my GBM diagnosis’.
A mum-of-two who was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour seven years ago is crediting a positive mental attitude to helping her to navigate daily life alongside the condition.
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Daughter diagnosed with brain tumour after losing her mum to the disease.
A woman who was diagnosed with a brain tumour less than two years after losing her mum to the disease is encouraging others to live life by seizing the day.
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Children’s literature helps lawyer recover from brain tumour diagnosis and treatment.
A successful lawyer credits children’s literature for helping her to rediscover a love of reading after her brain tumour diagnosis and treatment left her with severe fatigue and reduced concentration.
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Driving down diagnosis times in Scotland
Our Optical Engagement Manager, Lorcan Butler, is delighted to be partnering with opticians and optometrists in Scotland to help diagnose brain tumours earlier.
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Mum fundraising after brain tumour nearly took her sight.
A pregnant mum-of-three, who feared that she would never see the face of her unborn son as a brain tumour was crushing her optic nerve, is fundraising to find a cure for the disease.
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Medulloblastoma drug effect only seen with molecular profiling
Modern molecular profiling of medulloblastomas recently highlighted a previously unrecognised treatment benefit in a major international clinical trial.
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Xander’s story.
A family spent the pandemic making memories with their four-year-old son who lost his life just a few months later to one of the most aggressive brain tumours his doctors had ever seen.
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August fundraising round up
Our supporters, fundraisers and partners are a truly inspirational bunch! From the corporate world to comedy and more, read about just some of the ways our community are raising funds and awareness – as well as challenging themselves to go further, faster for a cure.
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“If it wasn’t for our desperation, we wouldn’t have got a scan.”
Rhudi Baume-Kennedy, 20, explains how his experience of spending nine months trying to get a diagnosis for his symptoms has driven his support for The Charity’s work.
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Major UK trial to assess whether cannabis-based drug could extend life for thousands with aggressive brain tumours
A major UK trial of cannabis-based drug Sativex in treating the most aggressive form of brain tumour is to launch at 15 NHS hospitals, following promising results from a phase I study in 27 patients.
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MotorMouth hosts racing superstars for charity karting event
On Tuesday 10 August at Whilton Mill Karting Track, the motorsport community will unite for The Brain Tumour Charity
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Couple return from trip of a lifetime to shock brain tumour diagnosis.
An adventurous couple who had just spent two months of their retirement in Australia and New Zealand returned home just ahead of the Covid pandemic to receive a shock brain tumour diagnosis.
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A genetic mutation causing DMG and a potential drug to treat it
Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how a specific genetic mutation called H3K27M causes a devastating, incurable childhood cancer, known as diffuse midline glioma (DMG), and, in lab studies working with model cell types, successfully reverse its effects to slow cancer cell growth with a targeted drug.
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Dad’s pedal power following his daughter’s brain tumour diagnosis.
A dedicated dad has cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity after his daughter was diagnosed when she was studying at University.
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“I partied to forget about my brain tumour,” says University graduate.
A young woman has revealed how she turned to the party lifestyle to help deal with the emotional trauma she experienced when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.